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"Obamacare" Allegedly Provoked a Woman to Destroy a Deli With a Stone Hammer

People around the country reacted differently to last week's Supreme Court decision to uphold the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, also known as "Obamacare."

Amber Leah Gardner sure had a unique reaction.

Gardner's apparent response was to go to a Mesa deli with a stone hammer, rant about Obama and shout some "racial remarks" at the employees, then allegedly attempt to hit one of the employees with the hammer before proceeding to wreck the deli with that hammer.

Yeah...'Merica.

According to court documents obtained by New Times, Gardner -- a 32-year-old resident of Spring Hill, Florida (north of Tampa) -- walked into the Mesa Food and Deli store with her hammer on Friday and began a-yellin'.

"This is the United States of America!" Gardner said, according to the documents. "Obama passed a law yesterday."

Gardner may not have a real solid grasp of how the government operates, as the President didn't quite pass a law the day before Gardner's episode, but the the Supreme Court did uphold the law dubbed "Obamacare."

After Gardner "continued to make racial remarks [toward] store employees," she showed off her stone hammer, the documents say.

Gardner attempted to hit a female employee with the hammer, according to the documents, but another employee was able to prevent it from happening.

A third employee heard all the commotion going on, and helped everyone get out of the store and away from Gardner.

While the cops were informed of what was going on, Gardner "proceeded to tear apart the front of the store," the documents state, causing several thousand dollars worth of damage to the store and the products.

According to the documents, Gardner was not under the influence of drugs or alcohol at the time.

She may not have had drugs or alcohol in her system but she's obviously deranged. Lets be glad she wasn't armed with a gun.

No, it was probably talk radio or fox news that pushed this already unstable woman over the edge with the stupid shit they've been saying about the law. Had the talking heads not respond so viciously about the heath care law, this woman probably would have been set off by something completely different.

And this is why all the calls to violence from either side shouldn't be taken lightly. There are people out in this world who take this stuff very seriously and as soon as they hear a phrase like "throw acid in their face" or "armed revolution" they will jump to be the next great "patriot".

Exactly. And there's no need to say these things other than to get people all emotionally twisted up. Most people would not react violently but there are those like this woman who would because she's nuts.

There's no need to say the things they say. You can disagree with something and use language that is not inciting violence. I guess the media learned nothing about what happened to Gabby Giffards and what happened in Norway when 80 children were murdered. Or any terrorist act. Find people who are unhinged, tell them that they are under attack, and see what happens.

I'm still convinced she would have been set off by something else even if the media was not as vitriolic as it is.

Quoting bluespagan:

And this is why all the calls to violence from either side shouldn't be taken lightly. There are people out in this world who take this stuff very seriously and as soon as they hear a phrase like "throw acid in their face" or "armed revolution" they will jump to be the next great "patriot".

MESA, Ariz. - A woman accused of going on a rampage because she was upset about ObamaCare is talking about what happened.

Police say Amber Gardner walked into a Mesa convenience store and began yelling: "This is the United States of America! Obama passed a law yesterday!"

Police say she next made racial comments and tried to hit a worker with a hammer.

When we talked with her behind bars, Amber Gardner said this wasn't about politics. She didn't even know about ObamaCare.

She said she did what she did because she has a drug problem and needs help.

"Let's just say I did some dope, I did some meth," Gardner told us in a jailhouse interview.

Amber Gardner admitted to being high on drugs and losing her temper when she was arrested on Friday.

She's accused of trying to attack a Mesa store clerk with a hammer.

"They refused me food whether I had money or not, they refused me food, they looked at me like I was a piece of crap," she said.

Police say Gardner lunged at the clerk but another worker pulled her away. The clerk ran out of the store and called 911. When officers got there, they say Gardner was tearing down shelves and used the hammer to destroy a register and a lottery machine.

She says police tased her three times before arresting her.

"I was on top of the counter and I came down willingly. They took me down not once, not twice but three times and the third time on the butt."

Officers say Gardner was ranting about president Obama, and we asked her about that.

"When Obama came in 2008 that's when all my stuff started, the economy crashed," said Gardner. "But Obama he's a good president he's a role model."

Gardner said she's been in and out of jail for the past year. She also said she's homeless.

"I keep coming back here… I hear once you get in the system you never get out."

Police say she caused thousands of dollars in damage to the store. She faces a bunch of charges.

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